41.   Quebec asked neighboring provinces and states to stand ready to provide assistance in the form of road crews and utility workers if the situation worsens.

42.   Relief workers fear that the situation may worsen if heavy rains return to the region Monday evening, as forecast by the South African Weather Bureau.

43.   She said the port could receive coffee shipments bound for Buenaventura if the situation there worsened.

44.   The financial situation worsens when husbands die.

45.   The injury situation worsened in the first period.

46.   The refugee agency spokesman, Ron Redmond, said the situation was worsening for those who remain.

47.   The situation is worsening because the strong yen has pushed the Japanese economy back to the brink of recession, imperiling even more borrowers.

48.   The situation could worsen in the next few weeks with the harvest of bumper crops of soybeans and corn.

49.   The situation has greatly worsened since U.N. and others pulled out recently after the killing of U.N. workers.

50.   The situation worsened in the second half, leading to angry and baffled expressions all around.